Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-11

to his knowledge of the affair The night of
 the murder he visited Mrs. Ernst's shop.
 While there he heard voices in the back
 room which sounded like those of men and
 women who were apparently indulging in
 intoxicants to a considerable degree and were
 quite hilarious. He called on Mrs. Ernst
 to notify her that he was about to vacate her
 tenement and to introduce a new one he had
 procured Alexander Lane) who was accempa-
 med by his brother Andrew Lane. After 8
 social chat the trio left the old lady who was apparently in excellent spirits.
 Mrs. Otto Webber was closeted with the officials from shortly after o'clock last eve
 ming until 9:3O. The session was secret; she substantiated what her husband had testi- fled to.
 Andrew Lane, the German cigarmaker in the employ of Graves, the cigar manufactur- CT, followed Mrs. Webber. He said he had been in the city only three weeks and sub- the introduction to Mrs. Ernst. It was gleaned from him that he thought the police had strong suspicious against certain l man who recently resided in Mrs. Ernst's house, whose name was withheld. It was 10:30 o'clock when the tired officials
 finished the examination for the day. Those whose testimony was taken besides the above mentioned are: Nicholas Gruedolf, shoe- maker residing on Vine street, Mrs. Martha E. Smith, Kate Faughn, Lillie Hunt, Jacob Schefer, Mrs Venstumn, Mrs. Rachael Si- mons and John Pfrender.
 The testimony they gave was kept secret and Coroner Mix refused to make any of it public.
 Coroner Mix said in closing his labors for the night that the examination of parties who are thought to have any knowledge whatever of Mrs. Ernst or her place or what transpired on Monday night will be resumed to-day. He said further: F'We have been trying to locate .11z. A1oo ,s1,1,4 4oE the murder. will say that as far as we can
 learn as yet Kate Faughn was the last known
 person there. It was 9:30 when she was in
 the saloon. Andrew Lane, his brother and Webber were there at S:30 or whereabouts.
 There have been nc. warrants issued and no ar
 rests will be made or have been made to- night We have examined all the tenants of the
 building in which the deed was committed.
 As to theories I can't say that have formed any. I never do. I am in for facts" Chief Bollman was uncommunicat1ve. He
 said he was working under the orders of his
 superior, Coroner Mix. The officials are cer-
 tainly taking every possible manner of means
 that will throw light upon the case
 A visit was made to the murdered woman's
 tenement last evening. Descending rickety
 flight of steps the reporter found himself in
 room where the dead woman lay in a silver
 trimmed casket. The body had been em-
 balmed, and from late in the day until far
 into the evening the nelghbors passed 1n and out and commented on her sad fate. At Il o'clock, when the reporter left the house, two young boys were watching over the re- mains. They had been hired for the pur- pose The young fellows, hats on, were bandying jokes all unmindfu1 of the pres ence of the dead and were smoking cigar cites. The remains will be inferred on Thursday afternoon in the Evergreen ceme terv. By her request expressed some time since, she will be buried by the side of one of her husbands.